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Three States Account for Two-Thirds of the Significant Increase in Nationwide Homelessness
Comparison of Nationwide 2024 Point-in-Time Homeless Count to the 2023 Point-in-Time Homeless Count Reveals an Increase of More Than 118,000 Persons Representing a Surge of Approximately 18% Three States Account…
Partial 2024 California Homeless Count Results Reveal a Statewide Increase of 2%
Approximately Two-thirds (30) of California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) Publicly Reported Their Total 2024 Homeless Count to Date The 30 CoCs counted 154,641 persons as sheltered and unsheltered in…
Dying While Homeless is a Burgeoning Crisis in California That Necessitates Systemic Changes
Infants and Fetuses are Among the Dead Assembly Bill 271 Authorizes Counties to Establish a Homeless Death Review Committee National Health Care for the Homeless Council provides and promotes guidance…
Continuums of Care Should Begin to Compare Homeless Count Data to American Community Survey Data to Help Reveal Race and Ethnicity Overrepresentation Among Homeless Populations in Cities in the Entire Geography That They Serve
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has taken action to ensure that Continuums of Care accomplish a comparative analysis of race and ethnicity distribution within the entire…
The Number of Persons Counted by California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) as Chronically Homeless, Chronic Substance Users, and Severely Mentally Ill Continues to Increase Throughout the State
A 2023 to 2022 homeless count comparison of each subpopulation for the entire State, Northern California, Central California, and Southern California is detailed below Click here to see a regional…
2023 California Homeless Count Results Released By HUD Reveal a Statewide Increase of Nearly 6% When Compared to 2022 Homeless Count Results
A comparison by region reveals a decrease (2.1%) for Northern California CoCs an increase (4.3%) for Central California CoCs and an increase (10.8%) for Southern California CoCs. A comparison by…